Bill-holder.



' 210.734.358. Y PATENTBD'JULY 21,1903.

' J. H. PARKS.

BILL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

SSES INVENTOR D .M a Attornqy UNITED STATES.

Patented. July 21, mos;

PATENT OFFICE;

BILL-HOLDER..-

SPECIFICATION forming art of-LettersPatent No. 734,358, dated July 21, 1903.-

Application filed my 20.1903,

to and removed when desired; and it is de-.

signed more particularly as an improvement upon the bill-holder constituting the subjectmatter of my contemporary application filed September 24:, 1902, Serial No. 124,711.

The object of the present invention is to provide a bill-holder which while possessing all the advantages of 'that disclosed in the aforesaid contemporary application is much stronger, and hence better adapted to with stand the usage to which'such devices are ordinarily subjected.

With the foregoing in mind the present in ventionwill be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the holder as closed and secured in such state; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the holder when-opened; Fig. 3, a detail broken elevation of the rear side of the holder as it appears when the holder is opened; Fig. 4:, a detail end elevation illustrative of some of the portions and one cover of the holder; Fig. 5, a detail broken perspective view illustrating one of the partitions of the holder and a portion of the tape which is connected to the several partitions and the covers, and Fig. 6

a broken perspective view of the opposite means.

Serial No. 157,992. (No model.)

the longitudinal central portion of which is connected to the inner side of the cover A, as indicated by b in Fig.4, and which has longitudinal lips 0 free fromsaid cover; E E, partitions of cardboard or other suitable material arranged side by. side between the covers AA, and Fa tape of textile or other flexible material connected at its ends to the lower ends of the covers A A and at intermediate points of its length to the lower ends of the several partitions E, so as to hold said a partitions against disconnection from each other and the covers.

The partitions E respectively comprise two layers d6 of cardboard, connected together by rows of staples f or other suitable The layer (1 is provided with inturned longitudinal flanges g and the layer e with longitudinal lips h, free from the layer d. The several partitions E are arranged side by side between the covers A A and are connected together and to the covers through the-medium of the tape F. The partition next vto the cover A is arranged with its lips h in the flanges a of the strip 0 on the cover, and the partition next to the cover A is arranged 'so' that its flanges 9 receive the'lips c of the strip D on said cover. The partitions intermediate of those next to the covers A A are connected together and to said partitions adjacent to-the covers by placing the lips h'of each partition in the flanges g of the next adjacent partition. From this it follows that pockets G are formed between the partitions and between the partitions next to the covers and the strips 0 D on said covers for the reception of bills or other papers; also, that the covers and the partitions interposed be-. tween the same are slidably engaged, so that when the band B istaken ofi the cover A the holder may be slid open to expose thellppcr portions of the several pockets G, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

When the pockets are indexed, as shown in Fig. 2, and the holder is slid open, as described above, any desired ,bill or other paper may be readily referred to and, if desired, removed from its pocket, While when the ends of the covers A A remote from the tape F are moved laterally outward the pockets G are opened at one end, and hence papers may be readily placed in or removed from the same.

All of the features thus far described are common to the bill-holder constituting the subject-matter of my aforesaid contemporary application.

My present invention consists in the strips M of muslin or other suitable material, which are secured over and reinforce the folds between the strip 0 and its flanges a, the similar strips N, which are secured on and strengthen the folds between the layers d of the partitions E and their inturned flanges g, and the pocket-linings P, of light muslin or other textile or other suitable flexible material. The lining P in the pocket G next to the cover A is connected at one end to the strip C, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is provided with inturned flaps connected by adhesive or other means to the inner sides of the flanges a, and is connected by adhesive or other means to the flanges a, as indicated byj,'and by similar means to the adjacent side of the nearest partition-layer d. The lining P in the pocket G next to the cover A is connected to the partition-layer at nearest said cover adjacent to the lower end of the layer, is provided with inturned flaps connected to the inner sides of the flanges a, and is connected to the flanges g of said layer (1, as indicated by 7', and is also connected to the inner side of said cover A. The linings P in the intermediate pockets are similar in construction, and therefore a detailed description of the one shown in Figs. 5 and 6 will suffice to impart an understanding of all. Said lining P is connected at one end to the partition-layer (1, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is provided with inturned flaps Z, connected to the inner sides of the flanges g, and is connected to the outer sides oft-he flanges, as indicated byj, and to the upper portion of the next adjacent layer (1, as indicated by m.

It will be readily observed from the foregoing that without interfering with the holder being slidably opened, as shown in Fig. 2, or opened after the manner of an accordion the linings P serve to prevent pulling apart of the complementary lips and flanges of the covers and partitions and also serve to prevent bills and other papers from being worked through the holder at the bottom by the opening and closing of the holder.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart atull, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A holder for bills and other papers, co1nprising covers and interposed partitions having complementary longitudinal lips and flanges receiving the lips, whereby the covers and partitions are slidably engaged, and pockets are formed between the same, and reinforcing-strips secured on the folds of the flanges.

2. A holder for bills and other papers, comprising covers and interposed partitions having complementary longitudinal lips and flanges receiving the lips, whereby the covers and partitions are slidably engaged, and pockets are formed between the same, and linings of textile or other flexible material secured in the said pockets and closing the lower ends of the same.

3. Aholder for bills and other papers, comprising covers and interposed partitions having complementary longitudinal lips and flanges receiving the lips, whereby the covers and partitions are slidably engaged, and pockets are formed between the same, linings of textile or other flexible material secured in the said pockets and closing the lower ends of the same, and a tape connectin g the covers and partitions at the lower end of the holder, and extending across the lower ends of the pockets.

4. Aholder for bills and other papers, comprising covers and interposed partitions having complementary longitudinal lips and flanges receiving the lips, whereby the covers and partitions are slidably engaged and pockets are formed between the same, and linings, of textile or other flexible material, arranged in the pockets, the said linings being connected at their lower ends to one wall of the pockets adjacent to the lower ends thereof, and at their upper ends to opposite walls of the pockets, and being provided with side flaps connected to the inner sides of the flanges.

5. A holder for bills and other papers, comprising covers and interposed partitions having complementary longitudinal lips and flanges receiving the lips, whereby the covers and partitions are slidably engaged and pockets are formed between the same, linings, of textile or other flexible material arranged in the pockets; the said linings being connected at their lower ends to one wall of the pockets adjacent to the lower ends thereof, and at their upper ends to opposite walls of the pockets, and being provided with side flaps connected to the inner sides of the flanges, and a tape connecting the covers and partitions at one end of the holder, and extending across the lower ends of the pockets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. PARKS. Witnesses:

JOHN Y. GORLINGTON, B. F. GODFREY.

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